Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sustainable farm plan (M. DEWHURST / Triblocal)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

A message sent by Martin DEWHURST (New Dawn Rovers : newdawnrovers@groups.facebook.com)     CLC’s environmental programs get boost from grant, sustainable farm plan By Sheryl DeVore <http://triblocal.com/members/sheryldevore> Community producer A new federal grant and sustainable farm in Grayslake could translate … Continue reading →

Posted in sustainable agriculture

UN-BACKED ONLINE GAME THAT FIGHTS WORLD HUNGER NOW IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN VERSIONS (UN News)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

New York, Sep 28 2011  3:05PM Freerice.com, the online game that allows players to improve their vocabulary while simultaneously fighting world hunger by making donations to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), launched its French- and Italian-language versions today. … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, hunger / famine

Victory gardens, allotments, urban farms or micro-farms to combat hunger (Google / YumaSun)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desert gardening http://www.yumasun.com/articles/garden-73307-chickens-farm.html Micro-farms are gaining popularity around country BY KAREN BOWEN – DESERT GARDENER If you can remember WWII then you remember Victory Gardens, which provided over 40 percent of America’s food during … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment gardens, family farming, hunger / famine, Victory Gardens

Feasibility of managing forests for water supply (Science Daily)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928131806.htm Managing Future Forests for Water ScienceDaily (Sep. 28, 2011) — Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists recently used long-term data from the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory (Coweeta) in Western North Carolina to examine the feasibility of … Continue reading →

Posted in Forestry, Water

A 25 year old book with practical tips (Google)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desert gardening http://books.google.com/books/about/Growing_food_in_the_high_desert_country.html?id=hbFVCgkPR4kC Growing food in the high desert country Julie Behrend Weinberg Sunstone Press, 1985 GROWING FOOD IN THE HIGHER DESERT COUNTRY is a comprehensive gardening book with emphasis on growing vegetables. The … Continue reading →

Posted in desert/desert gardening

Spineless prickly pear against desertification (Willem Van Cotthem / You Tube)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Please see my new video on : Spineless Opuntia to combat desertification http://youtu.be/27dBvxZQ2zk This spineless, edible cactus is a very interesting plant for smallholder farmers in the drylands. Easy to grow from vegetative paddles, growing with a minimum of water … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, drought tolerant plants, drylands, erosion, food / food security, Opuntia ficus-indica

A perfect anti-desertification plant : the spineless prickly pear (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Long-term drought is not only affecting the drylands’ ecosystems, the natural vegetation and fauna, it is also limiting the farming and gardening potentials of the rural people.  Therefore, many smallholder farmers in the drylands are looking for a possible introduction … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, family farming, Opuntia ficus-indica, small-scale farming

Land is life, and our life depends on land (Google / IIP Digital)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2011/09/20110921121241enelrahc0.9791223.html#axzz1ZFBYgoAF Stopping Desertification with Land Management Is U.N. Goal By Charlene Porter Washington — Degradation of the land supporting human life and the food supply is an environmental threat that endangers the lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, land management

Perennial bush burnings undermining government’s afforestation programmes (Google / Ghana News Agency)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Science/Bushfires-herdsmen-undermining-government-s-afforestation-programme-in-UWR/?ci=8&ai=33963 Bushfires, herdsmen undermining government’s afforestation programme in UWR Ghana News Agency Tumu (UWR), Sept. 27, GNA – Mr. John M. Ocansey, Upper West Regional Manager, Forest Service Division of the Forestry Commission, … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, deforestation, forest fires, Forestry

Contracts that provide farmers a modest reward for looking after seedlings (IPS)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105255 Bonuses Help Reforestation Take Root By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU, Sep 27, 2011 (IPS) – This year Fatimata Koama and her associates received more than half a million CFA francs as a reward for planting – and … Continue reading →

Posted in financial aspects, reforestation